Glove-fastener



(No Model.)

, W. .H. BELL.

GLOVE FASTENER.'

No. 466,319. Patent-ed Jan. 5. 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HENRY BELL, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

GLOVE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,319, dated January 5, 1892.

Application filed May 3, 1889. Serial No. 309,480} (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

, Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY BELL, of San Francisco city and county, State of California, have invented a Glove-Fastener; and

I do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawings are suflicient to manner that by one operation of the wearer a uniformity of pressure is (by slight effort) brought to bear on both flaps of the glove, (be they wide or narrow,) whereby both flaps may be quickly drawn together and securely held in place. I attain these objects by the cordand-string device and spring-holder illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cordand-string device applied to a glove as it appears when loose or open; Fig. 2, a view showing the two flaps of the glove drawn together by the string D,with th .cord A held in place by the spring-holder G Fig. 3, a face view of the cord-and-string device and spring-holder applied to a wide glove-band; Fig. 4, an enlarged perspective view of the single-wire twopost spring-holderG. p

Similar letters referto similar partsthroughout the views.

The annular guide B, having the cord A attached, and the string D, one end 0 of which is fastened to the inside of the overflap of the glove. The remaining end F, after being passed through the annular guide B and through the hole E in the overtlap of the glove, is fastened to the outside of the under .fiap. It will be seen by referring to Figs. 1

and 2 that with this device the flaps of the glove may be drawn apart to the extent of the full length of the string D,and when the flaps are drawn together the string D is doubled, allowing the holder to be placed much nearer the glove-opening than was heretofore the custom.

The holder G is a two-post spring-holder made of one piece of wire bent to the shape of an inverted figure 8. The two ends of the wire being bentatright angles constitute the two posts T and S, which are fitted to the baseplate H and riveted to the under flap of the glove, imparting to the two loops P and L spring-power for pressure, sothat if-a cord A were tightly drawn under the loops P and L, round the post T, between the two posts '1 and S, into the receiving-loop L a springing action would be produced, tending to grip the cord A between the two posts T and S, the

base-plate-I-I, and the two loops P and L at,

their connection. (See Fig. 4.)

To obtain sufticient spring-power to securely retain the cord A in the receiving-loop L, the two posts T and S, formed from the ends of one piece-of wire, are indispensable. They are also necessary to prevent the holder from shifting and turning. This spring-power for pressure is not obtained in an ordinary onepost holder or in a wire-holder made of more than one piece of wire; but being made of one piece of wire with the ends forposts the entire length of the wire from the post '1 to the post S is a spring for pressure, having a greater degree of elasticity at the point where the two loops P and L connect. to

The annular guide B, with the cord A attached, may be arranged for one or more strings D D and made of wire, if preferable, (with or without spring) as shown in Fig. 3.

For closing and fastening the glove at the wrist it is necessary to draw the cord A tightly round the post T, under the loop P, and between the two posts T and S into the receiving-loop L. (See Figs. 2 and 4.) For opening the glove it is necessary to release the cord A from the holder G.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I The glove-fastener consisting of the singlewire two-post spring-holder G, bent, as de- WILLIAM HENRY BELL.

Witnesses:

ADOLPH OSTERLOTZ, WILLIAM JAMES THORPE. 

